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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Molecular Biology.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 10, who did Stadler quote to support one of his arguments?
(a) Alice in Wonderland.
(b) Humpty Dumpty.
(c) The Queen of Hearts.
(d) The Mad Hatter.

2. What was the name of the book that was published by Morgan, Sturtevant, Muller, and Bridges?
(a) The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity.
(b) Medelian Mode of Inheritance.
(c) Mendelian Segregation.
(d) The Theory of Mendelian Heredity.

3. Evelyn Keller likens different "languages" in science from an example of Freeman Dyson, who was an "interpreter" for who?
(a) Barbara McClintock.
(b) Richard Feynman.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Niels Bohr.

4. What year was it that Barbara requested a leave of absence without pay and left Missouri?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1940.

5. Who presented the second paper in the 1951 symposium?
(a) Richard Goldschmidt.
(b) Barbara McClintock.
(c) Lewis Stadler.
(d) Milislav Demerec.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, Evelyn Keller quotes Einstein. He said, "To these elementary laws there leads no logical path, but only" what?

2. In 1944, a paper was published demonstrating that what provided the material basis for inheritance?

3. What instrument did Barbara play in a jazz improvisation group?

4. Who said, "For us, neither the chemical code, nor the linkage map of the chromosome, nor the genes embodied in it, are enough"?

5. What high school did Barbara attend?

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